Luke’s Health System gynecologic oncologist on July 20, 2021. “And then just to find out, after that radical, extensive procedure, that there’s really no cancer whatsoever.”Īccording to the lawsuit, J.B. “I can’t even imagine receiving that kind of a diagnosis from someone, and then spending that period of time wondering – or knowing, or believing – that you had a very serious cancer,” said Eric Rossman of Rossman Law Group, one of two Boise law firms representing J.B. The surgeon removed her reproductive organs and surrounding abdominal tissue. ‘Internal trauma and a lot of pain’Īfter the diagnosis from Cole, J.B.’s nurse practitioner read it and immediately referred her to physicians who specialize in cancer and gynecologic cancers. Cole has yet to publicly share data to back up his claim. When did we start shots? January? How much solid-tumor cancer increase are we going to see over the next several years? Probably a lot.”Ĭole became medical director of America’s Frontline Doctors – an organization that opposes COVID-19 vaccines – in July 2021, the month he gave that presentation, according to his resume. “I have seen a 10- to 20-fold increase of uterine cancer in the last six months in my laboratory,” Cole said at a meeting of America’s Frontline Doctors in San Antonio, Texas, about two weeks after he misdiagnosed J.B. There is evidence that they lower a person’s risk of severe illness, death and chronic health issues after a COVID-19 infection. There is no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines can raise, or lower, a person’s risk of cancer.
What she didn’t know at the time of her cancer diagnosis was that Cole, a local pathologist, had just begun to make a name for himself based on a stance against COVID-19 vaccines, including false claims that they cause cancer. The Sun contacted Cole and his representatives by email and phone Thursday, but they could not be reached for comment.
filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in Ada County that accuses Cole of negligence and other harms. learned she didn’t have cancer after all. It wasn’t until after she underwent major surgery that J.B. The Sun agreed to use only J.B.’s initials to protect her medical privacy. I don’t want to even, like, remember it.” It was scary,” she said, beginning to cry. told the Idaho Capital Sun in an interview. “I felt like I died already” upon hearing the diagnosis, J.B. That’s where J.B.’s nurse practitioner sent a biopsy taken from her body on July 6, 2021.Ĭole gave a diagnosis: a rare and aggressive form of endometrial cancer. Ryan Cole ran one of the laboratories used by women’s health practices in the Boise area. Her menstrual cycle was out of whack, and while she assumed that was from stress and grief, her husband worried it might be something else and wanted her to see her nurse practitioner about the bleeding.Īt the time, Dr.
was depressed after losing her brother to COVID-19. If that happens, the Idaho Board of Medicine’s determination likely won’t be made public, because state law shields from public view everything short of formal disciplinary action.
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If the Washington Medical Commission decides to take disciplinary action on Cole’s license in that state, it is possible that Idaho’s medical licensing board could apply that action to Cole’s license here, as “reciprocal” discipline.īut it’s also possible that Idaho’s medical board could determine Washington’s rules don’t apply here. It decided to close complaints about Cole before looking at his telehealth patients’ records, the Sun reported in December. The Idaho Board of Medicine has taken no disciplinary action on Cole’s medical license. County commissioners appointed him to serve as the board’s licensed physician member until 2026. He is licensed in several states, including Idaho and Washington, and is certified by the American Board of Pathology.Ĭole also is on the board of the Central District Health public health department. Ryan Cole says he continues to practice as a pathologist. While he no longer owns Cole Diagnostics, Dr.
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